After a letdown loss to end their international showcase against the Mets on Sunday, there were murmurs in the sewers of Negadelphia that the transatlantic spectacle would turn out to be a momentum-murdering pivot point that would commemorate the end of a dominant run the ballclub had been enjoying thus far.
On Tuesday night at Fenway, the Philadelphia Phillies (46-20) put that notion and the Boston Red Sox (33-34) to bed with a trademark 4-1 win.
Kyle Schwarber gave the Phillies the earliest possible lead with a first-pitch bomb off of Red Sox starter, Kutter Crawford.